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  Beef jelly tongue products sold in London, Kitchener and southwestern Ontario recalled

  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall due to possible Listeria contamination for more than a dozen brands of beef jelly tongue products sold in Ontario.

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  Nobel Prize in medicine honours 2 scientists for their discovery of microRNA

  Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it.

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  A Canadian woman was recently diagnosed with scurvy. Here are the factors tied to the disease

  Scurvy is not just an archaic diagnosis of 18th-century seafarers and doctors should watch for possible cases, according to researchers following a recent case.

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  Lost your smell during a bout of COVID? Ontario researchers are working to reverse that

  Rebecca Bruzzese came down with COVID-19 in February 2023, and received her injection at the end of March. 'Being able to recognize smells is something we take for granted, until you can’t.'

• U.K. doctor admits trying to kill his mother's partner with poison disguised as a COVID-19 vaccine

  A British doctor on Monday admitted trying to kill his mother's long-term partner, who stood between him and an inheritance, by injecting the man with poison disguised as a COVID-19 vaccine.

• Rwanda will deploy Marburg vaccine under trial as death toll rises to 12

  Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever, officials said Sunday, as the East African country tries to stop the spread of an outbreak that has killed 12 people.

• Couche Tard, On the Run parent firms challenge Health Canada nicotine pouch rules

  Convenience store firms that operate thousands of outlets across Canada are taking the federal government to court to overturn regulations that restrict the sale of nicotine pouches to pharmacies.

• Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA action, judge says

  A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children.

• Following child's death in Ontario, here's what you need to know about rabies and bats

  An Ontario child died last month after coming into contact with a rabid bat in their bedroom, which was the first known human rabies case in Canada since 2019.

• Breast cancer patient says she had to lie to get a mammogram in Ontario

  When an Ontario doctor refused to sign off on a mammogram for 38-year-old Sidra Lone, the mother of four says she was left with no choice but to lie.

• How bat health could be linked to human health

  The recent rabies-related death in Ontario has raised concerns about human exposure, but an assistant professor at the University of Guelph says we can learn a lot from the health of bat populations.

• Saskatchewan's largest hospital hits crisis point as overstuffed ER runs out of stretchers and oxygen

  Staff at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital are calling for systemic changes just two days after its emergency room was more than three times above its capacity.